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Milli Vanilli (Entry 789.JB2704)

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History, Society & Culture

4.62.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2018

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

In which a German record producer hires two male models to lip-sync his hits, leading to--girl, you know it's true!--one Grammy, one class-action lawsuit, and one tragic death. Certificate #35145.

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0:00.0

Oh, he's cute. Mr. I can never sleep when I'm traveling. He's hugging his pillow like a sloth on a branch.

0:10.0

He couldn't sleep before. Now listen to him. Sounds like an elephant with a chest infection.

0:15.0

Well, they call him a dreamer. And now they're right.

0:19.0

All aboard, Mr. I can never sleep when I'm traveling.

0:23.0

Find all the comfort you need in the quiet lounge.

0:26.0

Piando Ferries, there is another way. We are Ken Jennings and John Roderick.

0:41.0

We are Ken Jennings and John Roderick. We speak to you from our present, which we can

0:46.0

only assume is your distant past, the turbulent time that was the early 21st century.

0:50.9

Fearing the great cataclysm that will surely befall our civilization, we began this

0:55.6

monumental reference of strange and obscure human knowledge.

0:58.9

These recordings represent our attempt to compile and preserve wonders and esoterica that would otherwise be lost.

1:05.4

So whether you're listening from an advanced civilization or have just reinvented the technology

1:09.5

to decrypt our transmissions, this is our legacy to you.

1:13.4

This is our time capsule.

1:15.4

This is the omnibus. Oh, You have accessed entry 789. J.B. 274, certificate number45. Millie. Milly. Claim it on the rain that was falling, falling.

2:05.0

Claim it on the stars didn't shine that night.

2:10.0

Whatever you do, don't put the play on you. So in 1989, an album by a 1989.

2:36.9

An album by a synth pop album by a pop group from Germany named Milli Vanilli was released in the United States to extraordinary acclaim. You could not get away from those songs. You couldn't go anywhere in 1989 without hearing both the music of Milli Vanilli and also

2:42.1

about Milli Vanilli because they were an extremely attractive pop group that had very catchy tunes and they sort of took the world by storm.

2:55.0

It was a duo.

2:57.0

A duo. They were German but they were black.

2:59.0

One of them was a Parisian, but whose parents were from Guadalupe and the other was actually born in New York

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